Three Waterway Deaths In Potomac Seek Rescue Failure
Robert Purcell, Central High School pitcher, drowned in Potomac rapids above Chain Bridge while companion Richard Dear swam to safety. Purcell’s body not recovered. Dear, a University of Pennsylvania sprinter, was rescued. Edward Saalbach and wife drowned at Dixie Landing after canoe overturn. bystanders and Washington Canoe Club members failed to reach them as undertow carried them away.
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Chain Bridge
Robert Purcell
Florida Avenue
Richard Dear
University of Pennsylvania
Bear Ig
J. D. Rogers
Eighth Street
Sycamore Island
W. Ray Garrett
Andrew J. Talmage
Purcell
Central High School
High Island
Dear
Ace Hir
Talmage
Gary Hunter Tennent
Highland Club
Roy Golf
Garrett
Nean
Regirard
Edward Chauncey
Tureed
Iae
Potomac River
Dixie Landing
Edward R. Saalbach
War Department
Drs. Saalbach
Dixies Landing
Mies Wood
George R. Frye
Husband
Cange
James F. Drysdale
J. H. Boyden
Patent Office
Mr. Boyden
C. H. Tagte
Mr. Drysdale
Seeres
Washington
Sutton
Saalbach
Potomac
Boyden
Drysdale
Juater
J. O. la Garce
Washington Canoe Club
Clup
Five Lost in Squall as Two Schooners Overturn
Two schooners overturned in a Raritan Bay squall on a Saturday afternoon. The Emma Hendrix, from Perth Amboy to Red Bank with coal, sank after tipping in the gale. Captain Morris Brown and his twelve year old son William drowned, as did crewman Champion Scott. The Buena Vista, commanded by Captain Theodore Wilson, also sank with his near mate and both were drowned.
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Raritan Bay
Red Bank
N. J
Dune
Raritan
Emma Hendrix
Perth Amboy
Monmorth
Morris Brown
William
Champion Scott
Far Haven
Brown
Buena Vista
Theadare Wilson
Neiner
Two Girls Drowned In Davis River Camp Accident
Miss Dora Weaver twenty seven and Miss Minnie Scott twenty two drowned after their rowboat capsized by waves from a passing steamer on the Ohio River at Davis fishing camp ten miles above Huntington. Weaver’s body recovered. The incident occurred during a day out with friends.
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Spirial
Washington Post
Huntington
W. Va
Dora Weaver
Minnie Scott
Ohio River
Davis Fishing Camp
Miss Weaver
Four Canoeists Drown After Memphremagog Capsize
Special to The Washington Post from Newport Vermont on June 24 reports four people drowned when a canoe capsized on Lake Memphremagog. The victims are George Dalley, Fred Paquin and his wife, and Miss Ethel Paquin sister of Mr Paquin. The group ventured out for pleasure and were not witnessed to fall. Rescue efforts failed. bodies not recovered.
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Washington Post
Newport
Lake Memphremagog
George “Dalley
Fred Paquin
Ethel Paquin
Tug Cut Launch Near Camden Drowns One Man
A stolen small launch from Camden was run down by a tug on the Delaware River. John McCormick, one of two occupants, drowned when the launch was cut in two. William Brown clung to the tug and later disappeared. the other man survived.
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Camden
W.J
Delaware
John McCormick
William Brown
Woman Burned to Death in Collision and Fire
Pasadena report describes a high speed automobile overturn and gasoline explosion fatally burning Mrs. James J. Cordori, with chauffeur John Henderson critically burned and Mrs. Ella May Morris lightly burned. A related Atlantic City crash injured several women occupants of a carriage near Pomona curve.
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Pasadena
Colorado Street
James J. Cordori
John Henderson
Pasadalle
Ella May Morris
Pueblo
Colo
J. J. Cordobana
White
Ess Harbor
N. J
Bhigelty
Atlantic City
Pomona Curve
Philadelphia
W. J. Thompson
H.° O. Nesbit
George Thompson
North Broad Street
Rioting at Panama polls raises fears of combat
Severe clashes erupted at Santa Ana Park as Liberals and police protected ballot boxes. Jose Antto Paredas, scion of a prominent Panama family, was wounded and a Liberal officer killed. Gov Magoon and Canal Zone Police Chief Shan ton helped restore order. Colon elections also saw clubs used and minor injuries before quiet prevailed.
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Jose Anito Paredas
Panama
Magoon
Canal Zone
Colon
Santa Ana Park
Jose Antto Paredas
Ana Ons Libera
United States
Marblehead
George R. Shanton
Republic
Constitutional Party
Panama City
Codel Veragua
Chiriqui
Murder in Baden San Mateo County Woman Found Strangled
Mrs Elizabeth Brandrup aged forty two was murdered Friday afternoon in the Linden Hotel Baden in San Mateo County. Her body showed strangling marks and was found by her fifteen year old daughter Junzie in an unused storeroom. Dizzie McDonnell entered the room and discovered the scene. George C Jones and Harry B Coffland were arrested on suspicion with motive still unknown.
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San Francisco
Elizabeth Brandrup
Little Vinge
Baden
San Mateo County
Junzie
Linden Hotel
Dizzie McDonnell
Rockefeller on thrift and spending in Paris interview
John D Rockefeller told a Matin interviewer in Paris that thrift is the greatest virtue, praising French peasants and criticizing American spendthrift habits. He endorsed Roosevelt's idea that a man who has earned enough should spend wisely and planned to act on the president’s advice.
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Shectar Cabre
Washington Post
Paris
Matin
Comepeigne
John D- Rockefeller
Jin
Roosevelt
Rockefeller
Murder suicide and arson stain Dover tragedy
In Dover New Jersey on June 24 Freeman Longcore murdered and then died by suicide following a deadly arson attempt after pressuring Rose Colly to run away. A crowd chased him after the blaze and shooting. the event left Amity wild with excitement this morning. Also Paterson reports a boy Francis termin Murphy, eleven, died of lockjaw at St Joseph's Hospital after a July Fourth injury.
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Washington Post
Dover
N. J
Tojen
Amity
Freeman
Longcore
Rose Colly
Longeore
Paterson
Francis
Raymond Murphy
St. Joseph's Hospital
Young Murphy
Attempt to Wreck Factory Sparks Investigation
A dynamite plot at the Federal Match Company plant in Garfield is under investigation after a box of 100 caps was found in a factory sand box. John Bennett found the caps and sent the report to Mayor Hepworth via the rescue officer Ernest Koester. The caps were wrapped in old Philadelphia newspapers. origin of placement remains unclear.
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Sheslal
Washington Post
Hackensack
N. J
Ernest Koester
Federal ‘Match Company
Garfield
Speteekiys Spurter
John Bennett
Hepworth
Morris
Philadelphia
West Virginia
Erie
Passaic
Hach Tin
New Jersey
Pbel
Secret convent raid shocks Mexico City authorities
On June 24 police raided a Moscas street building found to operate as a convent violating reform laws. The large house contained chapel and convent rooms with Harmelite garb and veils. Legal proceedings will be pursued in the First District Court.
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Nong
City of Mexico
Exico City
Shee
Moscas
Nucs
Earst
Bomb plot aimed at royal train near Ancona
In Cas Tell Ferretti a farmhouse yielded three bombs identical to those found earlier in Ancona. A mysterious letter led to the arrest of an anarchist named Lindt from Castel Ferretti. Police increased railway surveillance after the discovery and several arrests were reported.
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Ancona
Castel
Ferretti
Nocara
Leg Restored to Normal Length After Weight Treatment
Washington Post reports on J Walter Wilde, a West Point cadet from Hazleton Pa, who after a riding accident had a crushed right leg that shrank. With surgery and a 200 pound weight using a rope and pulley, his leg was stretched to its normal length enabling him to resume studies at the academy.
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Washington Post
Philadelphia
J.walter’ “Wilde
West
Point
Nature
Academy
Wilde
Hazleton
West Pont
Roosevelt
Visitors of Kaiser Emperor at Kiel Harbor Yacht Night
Guests aboard the Hamburg mingle with Emperor William and Princess Eitel amid illuminated yachts and Kiel harbor celebrations. Longworth party members, Princess Eitel, Empress Augusta Victoria, and officials attend as racing ends with the Ham and other ships blazing with lights.
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Sringess
Bite
Longworth
Otter Askeriaing
Guy of
Kiel
Germahy
Tune 24
Irs
Loreworth
Wiltantsthia
Hamburg
Bealdes
Sarvend
Long Allison
Howard
Georgé
Jordatt Mottere
America
Hitel
Eitel
Frederick
Augusta
Victoria
Bavaria
Eilel
Prince Bitel
Ulluminationa
Ainner
Bingpdtos
Monster Fish Seizes Boy In Pittsburgh River
A huge sturgeon, mistaken for a whale, attacked a boy among swimmers near the Sixth Street Bridge in Pittsburgh. Lifeguard Jacob Miller rescued the boy after the fish bit his leg, and the creature was killed. The boy survived with a leg wound. the fish measured about six feet and weighed nine pounds.
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Wexhipston Peat
Pittsburg, Ps
al- Tegheny
Pittsburg
Aunor
Ras Varie
Bnealy
William Wiedersaim
Allegheny
Jacob Miller
New Orleans
J McDonald
Christian
E. B. Llewellyn
Chicago
Catalina
Cal
Drowned in Potomac Riots and Wages Report
Today’s issue highlights three drowned in the Potomac, riots on the Isthmus, Langworths on Kulsec’s yacht, and strikers clashing. Also reports crackermen looting safes, Bronx mystery, and near-end Congress actions. Includes financial review and real estate sales.
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Potomac
Langworths
Kulsec
Maine
A. L. Barber
Asphalt Trust
Bronx
Count Witte
Haakon
Congress
Financial Review
Priest Leads Mexican Mob in Queretaro Riot
A parish priest Garcias allegedly rallied Indians in Huimilpan to loot a shop owned by Rodrıguez family and attack the prefect’s house. Federal troops arrived. the congregation was arrested after resistance. Judge Luis Isla freed the priest amid claims of illegal detention. Federal investigation opened.
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Mexico City
Huimilpan
Queretaro
Garcias
Rodriguez
Casto
Adene
Cleareh
Antired Aho
Luis Isla
Eald
Turmoil Near Moscow Reports Mutiny and Terrorist Attacks
Dispatches from Moscow, Odessa, Warsaw and St. Petersburg describe mutinous sailors at Khodinka and artillery fire around Moscow. A mutinous cruiser crew forced officers to retreat. Separately terrorists in Warsaw killed two police and wounded 24 gendarmes. In Piotrkow, two high police officials and a policeman were shot in the streets.
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Khodinka
High J
Poland
Odessa
Molenteer Hee
Erniger
St. Petersburg
Piotrkow
Mountain incline trolley accident claims one life
New York June 24 a test run of a newly braked trolley car on the Orange Mountain incline ends in a fatal plunge. Patrick Burns of Newark dies as car slides back. John Quaile of Orange and Henry Dowd of Newark are among the injured. Brakes failed and sand was missing during the experimental ascent.
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New York
Orange
Ni J
Patrick ‘Burns
Newark
Yentele
John Quaile
Henry Dowd
Drought Wrecks Southern Texas Corn Crop and Cattle Die
Reports from Southern Texas indicate an utter corn crop failure due to drought with only slight hope in Central Texas if rain arrives. Cattle are dying in the coast districts where water has failed since mid February, complicating supply and farming. Local stations note weather patterns and scattered advisories amid ongoing heat and dry conditions.
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Texas
Houston
Tex
Cast
Mob Attacks Lehigh Valley Trolley System Strike Splits Allentown
A 10 000 strong mob in Allentown Penn tied up the Lehigh Valley trolley line after conductors and dispatchers formed a local union. Cars were beat stoned and crews beaten as police failed to intervene. The sheriff ordered a posse and National Guard readiness as tolls and stations suffered extensive damage.
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Washington
Allentown
Lehigh ‘Valley
Pennsylvania
Tom L. Johnson
Cleveland
Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Workers
Pease
Smith
State Constabulary
National Guard
Aatos
Center Square
Schaeffer
Woman Guilty of Murder by Jury Verdict at Scaffold
Special to The Washington Post from Blockton California June 24 Emma Ledoux was found guilty of the murder of A No McVickar. The body was located in a bunk at the Southern Pacific end. After over three weeks of testimony the foreman announced the verdict without recommendation and no visible emotion from Ledoux. The jury deliberated six hours and the sentence carries death.
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Ledoux
Washington Post
Blockton
Cal
Emma Ledoux
A. No McVickar
Southern Pacific
Bail Granted for Mrs Kauffmann in Fatal Maid Case
Bail of 24 dollars for Mrs Eremna Kauffmann, jailed on a charge of killing her maid, was posted with Sheriff Phillips at dawn. Twenty nine prominent Stone Falls citizens signed, with many more offering. Officials expect her to be returned to her home Monday.
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Washington
Eremna Kauffmann
Phillips
Stonx Falls
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Dick Dear
Purcel
River
John Metzeroth
National Law School of Washington
Entec
Union Trust Co
Je Fs
California
Girl
Wheatley ‘Pottery
Corning
Victor -Emmanuel of
Italy
Rome
Emmanuel and
Quedh 'Helena
Maggiore Hospital Reutes
West Point
Kaiser
Mrs. Longworth
His Majesty
William Tok
W. Dininals
Bintee
Great
Britain
France
Emperor Bald
Uriger
Torky
Sccunety
Wsales
Priest
Moscow
The
Lodon
Standard
Khodihkd
Gar
Frederick, Keedssville
Fort Antietam
Hagerstows and Retoyp
Uly
Gars Baltiore
Ohio Station
Hacetstown
C. Zeedgeville
Trust Co
Mobawes Police
Sioux Falls
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